Start Production Achieved for Shagang HRC Plate Heating Furnace Retrofitting Project

Published: May 22, 2025 16:58

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[Start Production of the Heating Furnace for the Shagang HRC Plate Heating Furnace Retrofitting Project]

The project involves the overall retrofitting of the combustion systems of two heating furnaces, redistributing the original thermal load of the heating furnaces to meet high-load production demands, upgrading the control system, and adopting MILD flameless combustion ultra-low emission technology and equipment to significantly reduce pollutant emissions from the heating furnaces. The construction of the two heating furnaces in this project was carried out simultaneously, and the first period for start production of the heating furnaces was achieved within 20 days. WISDRI Southern (Hubei) Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. has a project cluster in implementation stage at Shagang. The project team will continue to uphold the service philosophy of "rational commitment, delivering on promises," strictly adhere to the "spirit of contract," and complete the thermal load work for the 2# heating furnace with high quality and efficiency. The team will also make unremitting efforts to achieve the heating furnace start production periods for other units in the project cluster, striving to build high-quality projects for customers.

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